Service difficulty report · Transmitter · Boeing 7572B7

Difficulty date
June 15, 1998
Submitted
March 26, 2000
Operation
Air carrier
Aircraft
N621AU
Make and model
Boeing 7572B7
Aircraft serial
27200
Part
Transmitter
Condition
Out Of Adjust
Location
Te Flap
Stage of operation
AP
Nature of condition
B, F
Precautionary procedure
L

As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.

What was found

CLT - FLT 62 - INBOUND TO CLT, CREW SELECTED 30 DEGREES FLAPS. FLAPS FAILED TO MOVE PAST 20 DEGREES. WHILE POSITIONING THE AIRCRAFT TO LAND ON A LONGER RUNWAY, THE CREW BECAME AWARE OF AN ODOR IN THE COCKPIT THAT SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS GETTING HOT. FLIGHT LANDED AT CLT WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT. MAINTENANCE INSPECTED THE COCKPIT AND COULD NOT FIND ANY PROBLEMS THAT WOULD CAUSE AN ODOR. THE LEFT FLAP POSITION TRANSMITTER WAS FOUND OUT OF LIMITS AND WAS ADJUSTED. (X)

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